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All I own is 'White Lie'
Covered by the shadows of the night, a person was standing in front of the Mouri Detective agency.
He smiled.
"So this is where the Great Detective lives" He said as he walked into the midnight streets of Beika.
'White Lie'
"Only God knows what's in a person's heart ! Is a lie with good intentions still a lie ? A strange boy comes to the agency looking for Miyano Shiho ! And a murder at the Fusae brand store ! Could it be that there's something I'm forgetting ?! Always determining one truth, with the body of a child and the mind of an adult, My name's Meitantei Conan !"
*White Lie
Don't wanna see you cry
But no matter what I do
I can't seem to stop your tears*
*For every tear you shed there's a fond memory
We can't bring it back but as long as you smile
We can always make more*
*No matter how far apart we are
I'll always be by your side
So try not to cry*
*Our White Lie
Don't wanna see you cry
You look more beautiful
when you smile~
When you smile *
*White Lie
Don't wanna see you cry
But no matter what I do
I can't seem to stop your tears*
*And as long as I live
I'll keep trying to stop your tears*
It was a quiet afternoon at Mouri Detective Agency, Kogoro was watching T.V., making a huge mess in the process and Ran was cleaning after him.
On the sofa Conan was reading the manga Mitsuhiko lent him.
"Ne Conan-kun could you help me with-" Ran was cut off by the doorbell "Hai-Hai, Coming !"
Conan sighed 'I wonder who it is? ' He thought as he watched Ran open the door. It revealed a blond little boy with olive-green eyes and a small gray suitcase.
'Why would a little boy come to a Detective Agency ' Conan thought 'He doesn't look Japanese but then again you never know..'
"Excuse me, Can we help you little boy?" Ran was the first to speak, in a sweet tone of course. Ran was a sweet angel when it came to children.
'But when it comes to criminals she's totally different ' He sweatdropped.
"Yes" the boy started "My name is Kapuri Ichikawa" Kapuri calmly stated .
'Kapuri? In English that's Capri, an island in Italy ' Conan thought 'What a strange name'
"My only sister died a few months ago in Italy, so I was sent to Japan to live with my distant relative" Kapuri stated, he looked up at Kogoro "Her name is Miyano Shiho"
Conan froze in his place 'Haibara ?! Why would this kid be looking for her ?!'
'Who on earth is this kid ? Could he be part of the Black Organization ? Haibara had said that they start their training young, but it couldn't be this young ! And then there's a chance that he was shrunk, Well whoever he is I can't let my guard down'.
Kapuri looked at Kogoro and said "If you want I can pay you in advance unless..." he said innocently as he opened his wallet and took out 1000 Yen.
"Of course I, Mouri Kogoro the Famous Great Detective will take your case !" Kogoro laughed as Ran and Conan looked at each other and sighed "I think Otou-san's getting too full of himself" Ran whispered 'Occhan's always full of himself...' He laughed dryly.
"Here's her picture" Kapuri interrupted showing them the picture of an eighteen year old Shiho Miyano "As for places she would go...Fusae Brand stores, I was told that she likes that brand"
"Fusae Brand..." Ran thought out loud "Ah ! There's a Grand Opening for a new Fusae Brand store at the Haido Shopping Mall ! If she loves that brand she's bound to be there !" She exclaimed.
"Good, Let's go there first !" Kapuri smiled childishly while Conan eyed him with uncertainty.
A few minutes later they left for the mall, as they walked in the store Ran gasped "Sugoi! This store is huge!"
Kogoro gave her a confused look "Didn't you suggest this store?" He asked.
"I never went inside, I just heard about it from Sonoko! I don't buy these kind of brands a lot!" Ran told her father, in a clearly annoyed tone.
'I should call Haibara' Conan thought as he walked away from the group.
But before he could finish it he heard a blood-curdling scream and with his luck that only meant one thing.
"K-kyaaaaaaa! Hikaru-Senpai!"
Edogawa Conan's detective instincts took action, rushing to the area where the scream came from with Kogoro, Ran and Kapuri following.
He saw two women, one, clearly petrified the other woman's back was covered in blood.
"Oi Onee-san what happened here!?" He asked seriously, Kapuri and Ran had finally caught up to him and Kogoro was trying to feel the woman's pulse.
"I..I came in and Hikaru-Senpai was...was" The woman said shakily.
"No use" Kogoro shook his head "She's gone" he finished with a sigh.
"Ran call the police"Conan said "And make sure nobody suspicious gets out of this store"
The police arrived shortly after Ran's call, there was a crowd of people outside trying to see what was happening.
Megure walked up to Kogoro with Takagi following "Don't tell me.."
Kogoro then looked at Megure "Ah Megure-keibu right on time"
'Not him again' Megure sweatdropped, then he turned to Takagi "Tell me about the victim"
Takagi took out his notebook "The victim is Miyamura Hikaru, She's 26 years old.
She works as an employee at this Fusae Brand store. The cause of death a stab in the back at two to three a.m." he finished.
"This is obviously a murder" Kogoro said "And there's only one suspect.. Hayaburi Musashi!"
"I swear I didn't do it!" Musashi cried.
"Megure-keibu!" A forensic member said "The weapon has no fingerprints"
"What?!"
Conan looked at the knife and frowned 'Is this...a hole? Why would this be here? Unless...' He looked at the roof and noticed that the small chandelier was tilted.
Conan walked up to Takagi and tugged on his suit "Ne, Takagi-keiji?" He started, getting Takagi's attention "Could you pick me up please?"
Takagi looked at him curiously, then he shrugged it off and he picked Conan up.
"Is this high enough Conan-kun?" He asked.
"Yes, this is good!" Conan answered "Thank you Takagi-keiji!"
Takagi put him back on the floor and continued his business.
'Good, now where could that thing be?' Conan thought as he walked slowly around the room.
He soon caught a glimpse of a bead that was on the floor near some boxes near a corner.
'A bead?' Conan thought 'Aha! So it's here!' He smirked, pulling out a piano wire with different beads in it.
'I have all the evidence, now all I need to do is start this deduction show' he thought as he pulled out his tranquilizer watch, unbeknownst to him that a pair of eyes were watching him.
"Have you figured out who the culprit is Mouri-san?" Megure asked, of course he already knew the answer to that question, he just felt that he needed to ask.
"Yes, I know who took away Hikaru-san's life" Conan said with Kogoro's voice "But first I will explain how it was done".
"Hikaru-san was stabbed in the back with a knife, though the knife has no fingerprints on it" Conan started "The culprit had to rely on a certain trick because if she wore gloves she wouldn't have the time to hide them".
"A trick?!" Takagi blurted.
"Yes, a simple trick" Conan said "If you turn your attention to the small chandelier you'll notice that it's tilted"
Megure, Takagi, Musashi and a few police officers looked up at the chandelier. Ran, however continued to stare at her father.
"The reason it's tilted is because there is a hook behind it. The culprit made a small hole in the knife's handle and put a piano wire with beads through it and tied a loose knot, it was then pulled across the hook creating a pulley system, She then placed the knife in a hole in the wall."
"This, of course was done beforehand to get rid of any fingerprints" He paused to breath.
"Last night Hikaru-san came to this room. She pushed herself back, stabbing her back with the knife, She pulled the beaded end of the pulley and the knife came out of the hole and the piano wire untangled from the knife. Hikaru-san then threw the piano wire across the floor, the beads made it slide easier across the floor.
With luck no one would notice it and if anyone did they'd think it was just a broken necklace" Conan made a dramatic stop "The culprit was Hikaru-san herself!"
"She suicided!?" Takagi exclaimed "Then why would she try to frame Hayaburi-san as the murderer!?"
"You should ask Hayaburi-san herself" Conan said.
Everyone looked at Musashi as she shook slightly.
"S-she told me that her brother was accidentally killed at a shootout. My father was also killed at a shootout, He was a police officer"
"After some research, I found out that it was the same shootout. I think she held my father responsible for her brother's death, But the truth is my father was killed first!" She explained.
Soon after Kogoro woke up they went home and postponed the search of Kapuri's 'relative' to tomorrow.
It had also been decided that he would be staying at the Mouri Detective Agency for the time being, since he had nowhere else to go.
Conan however, felt unusually tense and not only around Kapuri, He felt that something familar was nagging at him but he couldn't put his finger on it.
'Kumo ni Notte - U-ka saegusa IN db'
*Donna toki mo kakegae no nai ai shinji
Donna toki mo tsunagatteru mirai ni*
*Tokubetsu na omoide yori
Nanigenai shigusa ni hikareteru
Tada aitakute
Kotoba ni shinakya fuan da yo
Donna ni kitsuku dakiattatte
Hitotsu ni nante narenai shi
Kimochi wa katachi ni dekinai shi
Nee nee,
Isogashii toki hodo aitaku naru no wa nande darou?
Kyou no kotae ga ashita wa chigau toshite mo
Futari wa kawarazu ni isshun mo eien mo
Zutto mitsumetetai
Aishitetai yume mitetai shinjitetai...*
*Yawaraka na kumo ni notte
Kyou wa kimi wo zutto kanjiteru
Nagaredasu amai kumo ni notte
Kimi wa doko ni iru no*
*Furikaeru to nani mo nai sora nanoni
Aa natsukashii no yo
Yasashii kimi no egao sotto yureteru*
*Atarashii mirai ni*
The room was dark and cold compared to the light of day, it was also fairly quiet.
And while it took him some time to get used to the darkness he didn't need light to know that Kapuri was pointing a gun at him.
Conan looked at him flatly and Kapuri just responded with an evil smirk.
"Where's Haibara...Kudo Shinichi...?"
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